Archive for February, 2008

Totally free?

Sweeet.

Washington State’s Presidential primary is worse than a joke

Not only do they provide bizarre images to include on MySpace, to appeal to the under 18 voting crowd I presume, but they try to suggest that voting in the primary actually matters. It doesn’t. It’s the equivalent of a CNN web poll, for the Democrats, completely non-binding. It’s pretty much the same for the [...]

Seriously? COME ON!


Free Multi-Million Dollar Idea

In football, after every play, there’s a seemingly interminable period until the next play starts, during which they show replays and talk about what they just saw. The delay is even longer for plays involving flags, and perhaps just long enough:
They could set up a SMS number and show it on screen after every flag, [...]

A no-brainer

From the Seattle Times, a brief about Costco’s solar power:
The panels cost about $745,000 per store, and Costco typically doesn’t make that money back for three to five years.
If you own your building and you can get a return on capital improvement like this, how could you not do it? Go team.

TV listing sites. COME ON.

I’m no fan of football, but my parents are, and I’m planning to head over to their place tomorrow to celebrate my brother’s birthday. I’m using the power of the Internet to figure out when it’s scheduled to be over (assuming it doesn’t go in to extra innings) but have met severe frustration. For example, [...]

It Begins

While cleaning up my beard I discovered something new. It’s my first gray hair. I checked and re-checked, to make sure it wasn’t just shiny and reflecting the light in the bathroom, but no, it’s pure white. Man oh man.
Next on the agenda of inevitability: baldness!
I have other (personal) news on the horizon, but I’m [...]